Enzyme histochemical analysis of lymphatic vessels in colon carcinoma: Occurrence of lymphangiogenesis within the tumor

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 52, Issue 64, 2005, Pages 1057-1061

  Kuroyama, Shinichi ^a,c   Kobayashi, Nobuyuki ^a   Ohbu, Makoto ^b   Ohtani, Yoshimasa ^a   Okayasu, Isao ^a   Kakita, Akira ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Desmoplastic stroma; Enzyme histochemistry; Human colon carcinoma; Intratumoral lymphangiogenesis; Vascular density

Indexed keywords

5' NUCLEOTIDASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV;

ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBMUCOSA; TUMOR VOLUME; VENULE;

5'-NUCLEOTIDASE; CARCINOMA; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC;

EID: 21744452967     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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